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en2014 in Materials: Rhubarb Batteries, the Gigafactory, and Printing Body Partshttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/533676/2014-in-materials-rhubarb-batteries-the-gigafactory-and-printing-body-parts/
<p>In 2014, advanced materials let humans scale glass walls and helped clear the way for cheap, clean energy.</p><p>The most important advances in materials this year could make cleaner vehicles and renewable electricity more affordable.</p>Sun, 28 Dec 2014 05:00:00 +0000juniper.friedman533676 at http://www.technologyreview.comNanoparticle Detects the Deadliest Cancer Cells in Bloodhttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/532416/nanoparticle-detects-the-deadliest-cancer-cells-in-blood/
<p>A novel kind of nanoparticle could lead to more effective cancer treatments.</p><p>Patients and doctors often don’t know if surgery to remove cancerous tissue was successful until scans are performed months later. A new kind of nanoparticle could show patients if they’re in the clear much earlier.</p>Mon, 17 Nov 2014 20:15:00 +0000juniper.friedman532416 at http://www.technologyreview.comReality Check for Google’s Nanoparticle Health Testshttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/532181/reality-check-for-googles-nanoparticle-health-tests/
<p>Google will face big challenges developing a nanotechnology-based test for cancer and other diseases.</p><p>This week Google described its ambitious plan to use magnetic nanoparticles circulating through the blood to detect and report back on signs of cancer or an impending heart attack. Some nanotechnology experts, however, have responded by asking whether Google’s project is more science fiction than medical reality.</p>Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:26:00 +0000juniper.friedman532181 at http://www.technologyreview.comWeighing Particles at the Attogram Scalehttp://www.technologyreview.com/aroundmit/523781/weighing-particles-at-the-attogram-scale/
<p>New device from MIT can measure masses as small as one millionth of a trillionth of a gram, in solution.</p><p>MIT engineers have devised a way to measure the mass of particles with a resolution better than an attogram — one millionth of a trillionth of a gram. Weighing these tiny particles, including both synthetic nanoparticles and biological components of cells, could help researchers better understand their composition and function.</p>Fri, 17 Jan 2014 20:04:46 +0000Sooz523781 at http://www.technologyreview.comMolecule Helps Nanoparticles Sneak Past the Immune Systemhttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/511536/molecule-helps-nanoparticles-sneak-past-the-immune-system/
<p>Researchers have given nanoparticles the ability to tell immune cells not to eat them, a development that could have broad implications for medicine.</p><p>Taking a cue from nature, researchers have designed nanoparticles that can avoid being destroyed by the immune system by convincing immune cells that the particles are part of the body. The advance represents a fundamentally new way to address a major obstacle facing nanoparticle-based drug delivery.</p>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:11:00 +0000juniper.friedman511536 at http://www.technologyreview.comFine-tuning Nanotech to Target Cancerhttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/427821/fine-tuning-nanotech-to-target-cancer/
<p>Programmable nanoparticles have shown promise in early cancer trials, and may finally fulfill the promise of nanomedicine.</p><p> The results of the human trials are startling. Even at a lower-than-usual dose, multiple lung metastases shrank or even disappeared after one patient received only two-hour-long intravenous infusions of an experimental cancer drug. Another patient saw her cervical tumor reduce by nearly 60 percent after six months of treatment. Though the drug trial—by Bind Biosciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts—of an experimental nanotechnology-based technique was designed simply to show whether the technology is safe, the encouraging results revive hopes that nanomedicine could realize its elusive promise. </p>Thu, 03 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000digitalservices427821 at http://www.technologyreview.comWhat Happens When You Breathe In Nanoparticleshttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/421689/what-happens-when-you-breathe-in-nanoparticles/
<p>Researchers watch fluorescent nanoparticles move through the respiratory system, an advance that could lead to better drugs.</p><p>Scientists have tracked the flow of nanoparticles from the lungs to the bloodstream for the first time. The work could lead to the development of new drugs and help researchers understand how pollution can cause respiratory problems.</p>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0000digitalservices421689 at http://www.technologyreview.comStealthy Nanoparticles Attack Cancer Cellshttp://www.technologyreview.com/news/416130/stealthy-nanoparticles-attack-cancer-cells/
<p>Drugs embedded in special polymers can more effectively shrink tumors.</p><p>In a small manufacturing space on a Cambridge, MA, street dotted with biotech companies, Greg Troiano tinkers with a series of gleaming metal vats interweaved with plastic tubes. The vats are designed to violently shake a mix of chemicals into precise nanostructures, and Troiano’s task, as head of process development at start-up <a href="http://www.bindbio.com/index.jsp" target="_blank">BIND Biosciences</a>, is to make kilograms of the stuff–a novel drug-infused nanoparticle. The company hopes the new drug-delivery system will diminish the side effects of chemotherapy while increasing its effectiveness in killing cancer. </p>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000digitalservices416130 at http://www.technologyreview.comFirst 3-D Patterned Nanostructureshttp://www.technologyreview.com/view/414991/first-3-d-patterned-nanostructures/
<p>Patterned tin and nickel panels self-assemble into nanoboxes.</p>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0000digitalservices414991 at http://www.technologyreview.comRethinking Nano Drug Designhttp://www.technologyreview.com/view/413042/rethinking-nano-drug-design/
<p>Research shows that the arrangement of tumor-targeting molecules counts.</p><p>Researchers may have made some incorrect assumptions about how to design nanoparticles deliver drugs that target tumor cells, according to preliminary research presented this week at the <a href="http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/sec.asp?CID=10891&amp;DID=201200" target="_blank">2009 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting</a> in San Francisco.</p>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0000digitalservices413042 at http://www.technologyreview.com